1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 8:05 am PDT

My Grandfather wasn't a Centenarian, but he did live to be 80 yrs old, even though he had emphysema (he wasn't a smoker.) He took really good care of himself, and stayed active. Some of his secrets that I remember was, he drank milk and coffee everyday (no sodas!), ate small, frequent meals w/ plenty of veggies, most important, he was always smiling!!!

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 8:17 am PDT

Thank you for the blog Doctor.

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 9:29 am PDT

i have a relative that's almost 99 years old. i think the secret to his longevity is garlic. he ate it regulary raw or cooked.

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Wed, Apr 30, 2008, 1:13 pm PDT

Very useful,only problem is that the great majority of us are not living in the environments that you mention as being essentail to Lolngevity. The clever act is to find for us City types,( bearing in mind the high levels of pollution that we are subjected to every day)what can be done to overcome these hurdles so we will be able to live to the magical 100!!!

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Thu, May 01, 2008, 7:15 am PDT

I moved to my "community" to get away from Nature. Nature is full of dirt, insects, and slithery things. I don't like Nature; I would pave the yard from the street all the way to the front door if my homeowner's association would allow it. I may die a few years earlier (although I have 2 healthy houseplants), but then again, I can almost guarantee I will NOT die from a spider bite!

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 04, 2008, 6:10 am PDT

good advice

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 04, 2008, 6:10 am PDT

thai chi has been praticed for centuries, but casually nowadays people live longer. Is it then due to thai chi?

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 04, 2008, 6:11 am PDT

interesting ideas about longeivity...also worth adding that the japanese have a higher rate of stomach cancer than us..maybe due to the excessive use of pickles in the japanese diet??

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 04, 2008, 6:11 am PDT

I subscribe to all of the above written article. You should also include regular sex of some sort.

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 04, 2008, 6:14 am PDT

"all of us want to live to a ripe old age..." Ummmm, no. I think living to around 70-75 is plenty. I'm 53 tomorrow, and I can tell that my driving skills have declined immensely already. I can't imagine what I will drive like in 10 more years. Elderly drivers on the road are as dangerous as teens. There are so many reasons why living longer is not the greatest idea in the world, but I won't go into them here.

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 04, 2008, 6:16 am PDT

Meanwhile most of our grandparents are living into their late 80s. They grew up eating red meat, potatoes, and cooked using leftover bacon grease. They didn't run around with bottled water and little hand-sanitizers to wash up every time they touched a doorknob, either.

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 04, 2008, 6:17 am PDT

A few corrections but first to qualify this, I am practitioner of the older Chen style and more recent (last 200 years) Wu style Taijiquan, for a decade. These arts were combative systems that integrated qigong (energy channeling) and breathing exercise into the fighting form. They were designed to allow an older person to continue it till death but also keep them capable of doing it nearly like a twenty year old. They were not a form of health exercise primarily, though they have been degeraded to just that by the Chinese government and everyone else. They are not thousands of years old. Chen taiji, the original form was first developed in the 1600's by family head Chen Wangting.

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13. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 04, 2008, 6:17 am PDT

Living in the country is great although no matter where you go there is stress. Appreciate the suggestion of the exercise and I will read more about it. :)

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14. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 04, 2008, 6:20 am PDT

I can concur! I am in my 70's, very fit, play lots of golf and drink filtered,alkaline,oxygenated water.I believe that the water contributes most to my well-being.

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15. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, May 04, 2008, 6:21 am PDT

Thats all well and good ... these people have lived in longevity environments for years.. Their longevity could also be genetic. They breed with others that have a trait for longer life. I can see where this might help the average person a little but for most of us the damage is done and there is no fountain of youth that will slow down the clock.

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